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Winter produce, Organic Food Co-op

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Winter produce, Organic Food Co-op

The Wellington Organic Food Co-op ran in the early 1990s. It received much of its produce from organic market gardens near Te Horo, 70 kilometres north of Wellington.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Organic Food Co-op Collection

Reference: PAColl-5574-20

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Seager Mason, Organic farming – Industry support, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17025/winter-produce-organic-food-co-op (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Seager Mason, published 1 March 2009.